
Hey, Kid! What are you doing? As we all know, the 1980's was a fertile time for horror films. We had great original movies like An American Werewolf in London as well as a bunch of sequels and remakes. Freddy and Jason were arguably the "favorite" children of the 1980's and we also got a Psycho sequel for some reason. Fright Night is an original movie that spawned a sequel and a reboot but the 1985 original is predictable and falls a little flat. Essentially, a kid named Charley Brewster realizes his neighbor Jerry is a murdering vampire and enlists the help of his friends Edward and Amy and for some reason, a horror host names Peter Vincent. That's it, the whole movie is them battling the vampire with some close calls until he inevitably turns Amy and a big fight ensues where he die s. Looking at this movie now (with 2020 vision, get it?), it just feels plain goofy. This is not necessarily a bad thing, a lot of movies during this time ...